In rehearsals for this week’s Children’s Theater at the Bolton Lunceford Playhouse, St. George the Dragon Killer gently gooses the Dragon and discovers he’s ticklish and not particularly fierce. More...

A crew from contractor AECS conducts the long-awaited removal of the buried fuel tanks from the Anderson Service Station on Whitehall Street as part of the Southwest Washington Redevelopment Plan. More...

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Three Wilkes County students were delegates for the 2010 Washington (D.C.,) Youth Tour sponsored by Rayle Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) this summer. They were Kristen Freeman, Lauren Harrison, and Hannah McTier. More...

Not everybody knows this, but there’s something wonderful going on in Washington this week, something special for our kids: a talented group of volunteer actors, directors, and hands are working together to bring live theater to our school kids More...

Funeral services for Vernon “Leon” Johnson, 90, of Washington, formerly of Aiken, S.C., were held Wednesday, September 8, 2010, in the Shellhouse Funeral Home Chapel in Aiken with Rev. Wayne Johnson officiating. More...

Funeral services for Xerxes (Sapp) Lewis Jr., 69, were held Sunday, September 5, 2010, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Sharon, with Rev. Rickey Lockhart officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. He died August 30. More...

The First United Methodist Church will be holding a leadership webcast, sponsored by Southeastern University, on Thursday-Friday, September 9-10, beginning at 10 a.m. The webcast will be held in the Fellowship Hall. More...

The First United Methodist Church of Washington will begin a new ministry in September. “The Well on Spring Street,” a new worship experience, will begin on September 12 at 9:45 a.m. in the fellowship hall of the church. More...

A prayer breakfast will be held at the Third Shiloh Center on Saturday, October 2, at 9 a.m. The speaker will be Rev. Kenneth Walker of the Tabernacle of Praise Christian Church of Locust Grove. The public is invited to attend. More...

Only two citizens attended the Wilkes County Board of Education public hearings on a school system property tax increase last Thursday. A final hearing is set for Monday, September 13, at 11 a.m. More...

TO THE EDITOR: Since the vote to build an $8.2 million hotel in Washington by the mayor and his cohorts, we have had numerous letters in the paper letting them know how we feel – to evidently no changing of the minds. More...

Washington-Wilkes Comprehensive High School will have its annual Powder Puff football game this Friday, September 10, at 7 p.m. at Tiger Stadium. The face-off will be between the upper and lower classmen – freshmen and sophomores vs. More...

The official naming of the athletic field at Tiger Stadium in honor of the most distinguished man who coached there will take place during a special ceremony on Friday, September 24, just prior to the football game between the W-W Tigers and Oconee More...

Owen and Chloé Roy, son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. C. Roy Jr. of Evans, celebrated their birthdays on several occasions. Owen was seven years old on August 28 and Chloé was 10 on August 29. More...